Minnesota, 1997Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1997
July 14, 1997 · NWS FGF · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Hail, Polk
- When
- July 14, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 4 mi NE of Erskine
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 47.700, -95.970
Hail fell for 45 minutes. There were still drifts of hail on the ground at 0900 CST.
Flash Flood, Polk
- When
- July 14, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County, 3e 0.5n Erskine
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
4 to 5 inches of rain caused a basement to quickly fill with water.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Illinois, July 14 to 18, 19975 deaths · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 14, 1997$159,000 · 61 kt wind · 29 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, July 14, 1997$114,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Tornado in Texas, July 14, 19973 injured · $50,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 14, 1997$150,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 14, 1997$70,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 14, 1997$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 14, 1997$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 14, 1997$26,000 · 0.75 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 14, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 14, 1997$22,000 · 50 kt wind · 6 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 14, 1997$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5606775, 5606776.